The couple is featured at 8 tonight on TLC's "Say Yes to The Dress," a reality series to help brides find their dream wedding gown. The show features New York's famed Kleinfield Bridal Salon. Friday's episode was taped in April before the couple's July nuptials in Los Angeles and showcases NFL brides and their grooms, who are also outfitted with the "dream" tux.

"I love all of those wedding reality shows, but I really wanted to elope," said Anjelica, 27, a host on MTV's late-night show, "Hip Hop POV" and radio personality. "Duane wasn't having it. He wanted the dream."

Brown, a first-round draft pick by the Texans in 2008, has protected the blind side of quarterbacks ever since. Brown's busy with training camp now, and missed a little practice time earlier this week when he suffered bruising to his lower leg.

Anjelica, who's known as "Devi Dev," said she was surprised the "shy" Brown, who turns 27 this month, would be on the show.

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"I didn't think he would be down for it," she said. "But he was so excited. I was lucky I had a man as excited to get married as I was. He's such a big guy that it's hard to find clothes, and he was excited about getting fly for the big day."

Anjelica said she agreed to do the show even though she already had picked a Vera Wang dress.

"I actually thought I had a great dress, but they (the show's staff) brought in the most beautiful corset dress. It can do for you what Spanx can't," Anjelica said, laughing.

Anjelica took just an hour to pick out her dress, but Brown was the "diva," she said.

"He was there for seven hours at Kleinfield in New York. Seven hours! There was a man who literally had to climb Duane's back to take measurements, then Duane wanted pleats, pinstripes, ties and different shades of black. It took so long. OMG. "

Ironically, Brown, who is 6 feet, 4 inches tall and weighs more than 300 pounds, didn't say "yes" to the tux on the show. Instead, he went with a custom suit Rochester Big & Tall Clothing store in Beverly Hills.

The couple met last summer at Anjelica's birthday party at a Houston nightclub. Anjelica said Brown was too shy to ask her out, but started following her on Twitter.

Their first date was "typical" with a movie: the documentary, "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest," and dinner at Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen.

Brown was also sporting a full beard at the time, so Anjelica didn't notice his dimples, she said.

Thailand honeymoon

"He was a big guy and had a massive, grizzly beard. I didn't know how attractive he was until he cut off his beard. He was fine - with dimples and everything."

The couple recently returned from a honeymoon in Thailand, where throngs of children followed Brown, chanting, "Shaq, Shaq!" With his extra-large physique, they mistook him for NBA star Shaquille O'Neal.

Now that the wedding is behind her, would Anjelica have changed anything?

"I couldn't imagine it any other way. It was truly a dream and the most important day of my life."